Oracles usually go unnoticed day to day, but the moment liquidation starts, it’s like someone suddenly flipped the lights on: the price feed is running late, and your position on that side may have already been treated by the system as “the one that needs to be liquidated.” Put simply, it’s not that you judged it wrong—it’s that the price you see and the price used for liquidation aren’t in the same universe… especially when volatility is high, a delay of just a few minutes is enough to turn “I can still hold” into “how come it’s just gone.” My approach is pretty rough and ready too: if leverage can be kept low, keep it low. When maintenance or upgrades are coming up—like the main chain is about to do an upgrade lately, and everyone’s still guessing whether the project will run or not—I’d rather reduce my position early, earn a bit less, than try to out-speed liquidation bots when the chain gets stuck or the price feed gets stuck. After all, I can talk tough during a post-drinking-session review, but when it comes to account review, I’m left silent.